Government, Community &
Economic Partnerships
The Johns Hopkins Ward Infinity Impact Accelerator is a 16-week, equity-free accelerator for community-rooted ventures solving critical health and environmental challenges across the Washington, D.C. metro region.
We invest in late early-stage teams—not solo entrepreneurs—building scalable, mission-driven solutions. Whether you’re transforming access to care, food systems, climate resilience, or maternal health, Ward Infinity provides the structure, capital, and network to take your venture to the next level.
We provide Success Capital—the essential support and resources to power our entrepreneurs to thrive locally and ripple out to positively influence communities globally.
Success Capital = Knowledge + Skills + Funding + Time +Relationships + Networks
JHWI resources community-rooted entrepreneurs to accelerate their mission to solve the community’s most urgent health and environmental challenges. This requires investing in diverse entrepreneurial teams closest to the problems and equipping them with Success Capital - world-class business tools, capital, competent expert support advisors and professors and a launchpad to scale sustainable, community-rooted ventures.
The Ward Infinity approach to social innovation blends design thinking, public health, and entrepreneurship.
✔ Engine of Change
We build local capacity with people-first, asset-oriented development.
✔ Community Vibrancy
We aim for measurable improvement in health, wellness, and sustainability.
✔ Policy & Practice
We help large institutions like universities and hospitals collaborate more meaningfully with communities.
✔ Health-Focused
Your idea tackles a health-related issue affecting Ward 7 or 8.
✔ Lived or Professional Experience
You bring personal insights or professional knowledge of the issue you're addressing.
✔ Early-Stage Ideas
Your concept is either new or just beginning implementation, and you're open to designing with the community.
9/10 – JHWI & Consumer Technology Association, Health Technology Forum (9–3 PM)
10/20 – DC Start Up Week – JHWI Host of Day One Kickoff of 10th Year
10/22 – DC Chambers & JHWI – Forum on the Business of Health with AI (Tentative)
TBD – DC Government Women's Affairs Office & JHWI – The Power Shift Forum: Health & Wealth in Sports
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